Spring Fair

Yesterday, my mom and I had a table at a local spring craft fair. We usually stick to fairs in October through December, as my mom's bestseller is her crocheted hats - obviously not that much of a market for hats in warmer weather like now. So yesterday was a bit of an experiment, my mom made lightweight, thin scarves designed to be worn on a cool spring day with a blazer or over a t-shirt on a summer night. Just a little something to accessorize and bring some color to your look and perhaps keep your neck a little warm. She also made crocheted handbags, clutches, and flower pins. I made different styles of fancy headbands, which I had found in the fall to be more popular for me than jewelry, which I used to solely focus on.


It was definitely an interesting fair! A bunch of shoppers looked at the scarves and asked what they were -- what else could they be? They're long and soft, there was a sign that said "Scarves", and both my mom and I were wearing one around our necks! That has happened to us before - - my mom sometimes crochets coffee cup cozies with leftover yarn. We display them in a basket with a sample on a Starbucks cup next to it. Shoppers will sometimes completely ignore the cup and put the cozies on their wrist and ask if they are wristbands! As I said fairs are always . . . very interesting!


This is a photo of my new headband display. I made it from a plastic pipe from Home Depot and covered it with batting and fabric. I then asked my very handy father to cut a piece of wood for a base and attach it. It didn't come out exactly as I'd like as the brown quilted fabric I used (leftover from an upholstering project) is a little dark as display background. But it's ideal for displaying some of the more delicate styles, like the pink and blue tulle flower headbands, as they get squashed just laying on the table.

Today I went to the MFA in Boston; photos coming tomorrow! I hope you all had a good weekend!